Wojciech Simonsky

Wojchiech Simonsky (1779-1861) was a colonel of France.

Biography
Simonsky was born in France in 1779 to a family of former Bar Confederates who fled to France after the crushing of their revolt by Russia in 1772. He was recruited into the Polish Legions of the French Revolutionary Army in 1796 and fought in Italy, and became a colonel in 1809. During the Defense of France he fought at the Battle of Denain on 10 February.

Simonsky died in 1861 at the age of 82 in Les Invalides.